There was an article yesterday in the Berliner daily "Der Tagesspiegel" about the relatively unusual behaviour of some animals which I find similar beautiful as the red German squirrels and they have almost the same red color in their fur: Foxes !
Plötzlich stehen sie neben uns, einige zerren sogar an Hosenbeinen. Füchse verhalten sich derzeit besonders merkwürdig. Was steckt dahinter?
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In Berlin, they are seen now almost everywhere on the streets without any shyness of human beings, no matter if it is day or night and the people ask the experts for animal life if their behaviour is now normal or if these foxes are dangerous right now.
Well, the experts say: "Right now, their behaviour is rather normal and they are not really dangerous, because the fox mothers are chasing away their young children around this time in autumn and the young foxes are confused and searching for food in the near of human beings who they do not know as enemies in a city like Berlin, where there is food to find for foxes almost everywhere. And foxes are wild little predators but also very intelligent little thieves. ...
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... They often seem to think they could make their lives much easier around or inside the human society. Why should they always hunt animals when they can get their meals much easier?"
So, look at this fox which is waiting right in front of a Berliner pub and fast food restaurant - probably for a friendly gift like his daily evening - "Bratwurst"?:
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And city life in Berlin can be so comfortable with softer beds:
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And some are only dreaming of a fat goose ...
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... and sometimes, there are also almost "wildlife" hunting scenes with rabbits or mice in the center of the city ...
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... but usually, city life almost seems to be close to paradise for the Berliner foxes:
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